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consumption - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
consumption
Definition
(noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms
:
ingestion
,
intake
,
uptake
Definition
(noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Synonyms
:
phthisis
,
pulmonary tuberculosis
,
wasting disease
,
white plague
Definition
(noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Synonyms
:
economic consumption
,
usance
,
use
,
use of goods and services
Example Sentence
the consumption of energy has increased steadily
Definition
(noun) the act of consuming something
Synonyms
:
expenditure
,
using up
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